Touch circuit, touch display driver circuit, touch display device, and method of driving the same

ABSTRACT

A touch circuit, a display driver circuit, a touch display device, and a method of driving the same. After display driving is ended and before touch driving begins to be performed, touch driving and touch sensing are accurately performed through pre-setting driving without the influence of display driving that was ended already. An accurate touch sensing result without touch sensing noise is obtained.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority from and the benefit under U.S.C.§119(a) from Republic of Korea Patent Application Number 10-2015-0142035filed on Oct. 12, 2015, which is hereby incorporated by reference forall purposes as if fully set forth herein.

BACKGROUND

Field

The present disclosure relates to a touch circuit, a display drivercircuit, a touch display device, and a method of driving the same.

Description of Related Art

In response to the development of the information society, there isincreasing demand for various types of display devices able to displayimages. Currently, a range of display devices, such as liquid crystaldisplay (LCD) devices, plasma display panels (PDPs) and organiclight-emitting diode (OLED) display devices, are in common use.

Many display devices provide a touch-based input system enabling usersto intuitively and conveniently input data or instructions directly to adevice, rather than using conventional input systems, such as buttons, akeyboard, or a mouse.

In order to provide such a touch-based input system, sensitivity to thetouch of a user and the ability to accurately detect the coordinates ofa touch point are required.

In this regard, capacitive touch sensing technology is commonly used, inwhich a plurality of touch electrodes (e.g. row electrodes and columnelectrodes) are disposed on a touchscreen panel (TSP) to detect a touchand the coordinates of a touch point based on changes in capacitancebetween touch electrodes or changes in capacitance between a touchelectrode and a pointer, such as a finger.

However, during touch driving and touch sensing, undesirable parasiticcapacitance may be generated in addition to capacitance required fortouch sensing.

According to capacitive touch sensing technology, such undesirableparasitic capacitance may be problematic, for example, increasing theload of a touch operation, decreasing the accuracy of touch sensing, andin severe cases, rendering touch sensing impossible.

When a display mode and a touch mode are undertaken by beingtime-divided, an incorrect touch sensing result may be caused by factorsother than parasitic capacitance.

The above-described problems become exacerbated in display devices inwhich a touchscreen panel (TSP) is disposed within a display panel.

BRIEF SUMMARY

Various aspects of the present disclosure provide a touch circuit, adisplay driver circuit, a touch display device, and a method of drivingthe same able to improve the accuracy of touch sensing by stabilizingtouch sensing when display driving is ended and touch driving begins tobe performed.

Also provided are a touch circuit, a display driver circuit, a touchdisplay device, and a method of driving the same able to minimize orremove the influence between a display mode and a touch mode when thedisplay mode and the touch mode are undertaken by being time-divided,such that a display function and a touch sensing function can beproperly performed.

Also provided are a touch circuit, a display driver circuit, a touchdisplay device, and a method of driving the same able to accuratelyperform touch driving and touch sensing without the influence of endeddisplay driving when display driving is ended and touch driving beginsto be performed, thereby providing an accurate touch sensing result.

Also provided are a touch circuit, a display driver circuit, a touchdisplay device, and a method of driving the same able to accuratelyperform display driving without the influence of ended touch drivingwhen touch driving is ended and display driving begins to be performed,thereby improving image quality.

Also provided are a touch circuit, a display driver circuit, a touchdisplay device, and a method of driving the same able to accuratelyperform touch driving and load free driving as well as resultant touchsensing without the influence of ended display driving when displaydriving is ended and both touch driving and load free driving forremoving parasitic capacitance begin to be performed.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a touch display deviceincludes: a display panel on which N number of common electrodes aredisposed, wherein the N number of common electrodes are categorized intoM number of common electrode groups, where 2≦N≦N; and a touch circuitsequentially outputting a touch driving signal to the M number of commonelectrode groups in order to sequentially drive the M number of commonelectrode groups during a touch mode.

In this touch display device, the touch circuit may output a pre-settingsignal before sequentially driving the M number of common electrodegroups.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a touch displaydevice includes: a display panel on which N number of common electrodesare disposed; and a touch circuit driving the N number of commonelectrodes during a touch mode that is performed after a display mode.

In this touch display device, the touch circuit may supply a pre-settingsignal to at least one common electrode among the N number of commonelectrodes before driving the N number of common electrodes during thetouch mode.

According to further another aspect of the present disclosure, a methodof driving a touch display device includes: a display driving operationof applying a display mode voltage to N number of common electrodesdisposed on a display panel in a display mode; and a touch drivingoperation of sequentially applying a touch driving signal to the Nnumber of common electrodes in a touch mode.

The method may further include a pre-setting operation of applying apre-setting signal to at least one common electrode among the N numberof common electrodes before sequentially applying the touch drivingsignal to the N number of common electrodes before the touch driving.

According to still another aspect of the present disclosure, a touchcircuit includes: a touch driver circuit sequentially outputting a touchdriving signal to be applied to each of M number of common electrodegroups, where 2≦M≦N, in order to sequentially drive the M number ofcommon electrode groups into which N number of common electrodesdisposed on a display panel are categorized, during a touch mode; aswitch circuit sequentially connecting the touch driver circuit to the Mnumber of common electrode groups according to a driving sequence of theM number of common electrode groups; and a touch sensing circuitreceiving a touch sensing signal corresponding to each of the M numberof common electrode groups to which the touch driving signal is appliedthrough the switch circuit and sensing a touch based on the touchsensing signal corresponding to each of the M number of common electrodegroups.

In this touch circuit, the touch driver circuit may output a pre-settingsignal to at least one common electrode group among the M number ofcommon electrode groups before sequentially driving the M number ofcommon electrode groups.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a touch circuitincludes: a touch driving module sequentially outputting a touch drivingsignal to M number of common electrode groups, where 2≦M≦N, into which Nnumber of common electrodes disposed on a display panel are categorized,during a touch mode; and a touch sensing module sensing a touch based ona touch sensing signal received from each of the M number of commonelectrode groups.

In this touch circuit, the touch driving module may output a pre-settingsignal before sequentially outputting the touch driving signal to the Mnumber of common electrode groups.

According to further another aspect of the present disclosure, a displaydriver circuit includes: a display driving section outputting a displaymode voltage to N number of common electrodes disposed on a displaypanel during a display mode; and a touch circuit section sequentiallyoutputting a touch driving signal to M number of common electrodegroups, where 2≦M≦N, into which N number of common electrodes disposedon a display panel are categorized, during a touch mode.

In this display driver circuit, the touch circuit section may output apre-setting signal before sequentially outputting the touch drivingsignal to the M number of common electrode groups.

According to still another aspect of the present disclosure, a displaydriver circuit includes: a data driver circuit outputting a data voltageto a plurality of data lines disposed on a display panel during adisplay mode; and a touch sensing signal detection circuit sequentiallydetecting a touch sensing signal from M number of common electrodegroups, where 2≦M≦N, into which N number of common electrodes disposedon the display panel are categorized, during a touch mode.

In the display driver circuit, the touch sensing signal detectioncircuit may extract a portion of a plurality of pulses of the touchsensing signal.

According to present embodiments, it is possible to provide the touchcircuit, the display driver circuit, the touch display device, and themethod of driving the same able to improve the accuracy of touch sensingby stabilizing touch sensing when display driving is ended and touchdriving begins to be performed.

According to present embodiments, it is possible to provide the touchcircuit, the display driver circuit, the touch display device, and themethod of driving the same able to minimize or remove the influencebetween the display mode and the touch mode when the display mode andthe touch mode are undertaken by being time-divided, such that thedisplay function and the touch sensing function can be properlyperformed.

According to the present embodiments, it is possible to provide thetouch circuit, the display driver circuit, the touch display device, andthe method of driving the same able to accurately perform touch drivingand touch sensing without the influence of ended display driving whendisplay driving is ended and touch driving begins to be performed,thereby providing an accurate touch sensing result.

According to the present embodiments, it is possible to provide thetouch circuit, the display driver circuit, the touch display device, andthe method of driving the same able to accurately perform displaydriving without the influence of ended touch driving when touch drivingis ended and display driving begins to be performed, thereby improvingimage quality.

According to the present embodiments, it is possible to provide thetouch circuit, the display driver circuit, the touch display device, andthe method of driving the same able to accurately perform touch drivingand load free driving as well as resultant touch sensing without theinfluence of ended display driving when display driving is ended andboth touch driving and load free driving for removing parasiticcapacitance begin to be performed.

In one embodiment, a touch sensitive display device comprises a displaypanel including a plurality of electrodes. The display device alsocomprises circuitry to drive the electrodes during at least a displaymode and a touch mode. During the display mode, the circuitry provides acommon voltage to the electrodes. During the touch mode, the circuitryprovides a touch driving signal to at least one first electrode of theelectrodes. During a pre-setting period after the common voltage isprovided to the electrodes and before the touch driving signal isprovided to the at least one first electrode, the circuitry provides apre-setting dummy pulse signal to the at least one first electrode.During the pre-setting period the circuitry disregards touch sensingdata generated responsive to the pre-setting dummy pulse signal.

In one embodiment, the touch sensitive display device comprises a timingcontroller to generate a synchronization signal having a first stateduring the touch mode and a second state during the display mode. Thepre-setting period can be during the touch mode when the synchronizationsignal is in the first state. Alternatively, the pre-setting period canbe during the display mode when the synchronization signal is in thesecond state.

In one embodiment, during the touch mode, the circuitry provides thetouch driving signal to at least one second electrode of the electrodesafter providing the touch driving signal to the at least one firstelectrode. Also during the touch mode, the circuitry does not providethe pre-setting dummy pulse signal to the at least one second electrode.

In one embodiment, the circuitry provides the pre-setting dummy pulsesignal to at least one second electrode of the electrodes afterproviding the touch driving signal to the at least one first electrode.The circuitry also provides the touch driving signal to the at least onesecond electrode after providing the pre-setting dummy pulse signal tothe at least one second electrode.

In one embodiment, the display panel comprises a plurality of data linesand a plurality of gate line. The circuitry provides a pre-setting loadfree driving (LFD) signal to at least one of the gate lines or datalines while the pre-setting dummy pulse signal is provided to the atleast one first electrode. The pre-setting LFD signal also has a samephase as the pre-setting dummy pulse signal.

In one embodiment, during another display mode following the touch mode,the circuitry again provides the common voltage to the electrodes.During a post-setting period after the circuitry provides the touchdriving signal to the at least one electrode and before the circuitryagain provides the common voltage to the electrodes, the circuitryprovides a post-setting signal to the electrodes that is same as thecommon voltage.

In one embodiment, the pre-setting dummy pulse signal has a same phaseas the touch driving signal. The pre-setting dummy pulse signal may havea same amplitude as the touch driving signal or have a greater amplitudethan the touch driving signal.

In one embodiment, the touch driving signal comprises one or more resetpulses and one or more real touch driving pulses after the one or morereset pulses. The circuitry does not sense touch from touch sensing datagenerated responsive to the reset pulses and senses touch from touchsensing data generated responsive to the one or more real touch drivingpulses.

In one embodiment, a driver circuit is disclosed that includes thecircuitry for driving the electrodes of the display panel. Inembodiment, a method of operation in the display panel is disclosed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the presentdisclosure will be more clearly understood from the following detaileddescription when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

FIG. 1 is a system configuration view illustrating a touch displaydevice according to embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a touch system of the touchdisplay device according to the present embodiments;

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a touch circuit of thetouch system of the touch display device according to the presentembodiments;

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of the touch circuit of the touchsystem of the touch display device according to the present embodimentswhen N number of common electrodes are sequentially driven;

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of the touch circuit of the touchsystem of the touch display device according to the present embodimentswhen N number of common electrodes categorized into M number of commonelectrode groups are driven according to the common electrode groups;

FIG. 6 is an equivalent circuit diagram illustrating the principle oftouch driving and touch sensing for the touch system of the touchdisplay device according to the present embodiments;

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating main signals in the display mode andthe touch mode of the touch display device according to the presentembodiments;

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a sensing destabilizing phenomenoncaused by display touch crosstalk in the touch display device accordingto the present embodiments;

FIG. 9 to FIG. 11 are diagrams illustrating a sensing destabilizingphenomenon caused by signal delay in the touch display device accordingto the present embodiments;

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a pre-setting scheme for sensingstabilization in the touch display device according to the presentembodiments;

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating three types of time periods in which apre-setting signal for sensing stabilization is output in the touchdisplay device according to the present embodiments;

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating signals applied to a common electrodebetween the display mode and the touch mode when the pre-setting schemeis utilized in the touch display device according to the presentembodiments;

FIG. 15 and FIG. 16 are diagrams illustrating examples of signalwaveforms in a pre-setting signal for sensing stabilization in the touchdisplay device according to the present embodiments;

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating main signals in the display mode andthe touch mode when the pre-setting scheme is utilized in the touchdisplay device according to the present embodiments;

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a application of the pre-settingscheme when driving is performed according to common electrode groups inthe touch display device according to the present embodiments;

FIG. 19 is a diagram differently illustrating an application of thepre-setting scheme when driving is performed according to the commonelectrode groups in the touch display device according to the resentexemplary embodiments;

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating noise reduction effects that can beobtained using the pre-setting scheme for sensing stabilization in thetouch display device according to the present embodiments;

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating the post-setting scheme for displaystabilization in the touch display device according to the presentembodiments;

FIG. 22 is a block diagram illustrating a touch circuit of the touchdisplay device according to the present embodiments;

FIG. 23 is a block diagram illustrating a touch IC of the touch displaydevice 100 according to the present embodiments;

FIG. 24 is a block diagram illustrating a display driver circuit of thetouch display device according to the present embodiments;

FIG. 25 is a block diagram illustrating another display driver circuitof the touch display device according to the present embodiments; and

FIG. 26 is a flowchart illustrating a method of driving the touchdisplay device according to the present embodiments.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the presentdisclosure, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings. Throughout this document, reference should be made to thedrawings, in which the same reference numerals and signs will be used todesignate the same or like components. In the following description ofthe present disclosure, detailed descriptions of known functions andcomponents incorporated herein will be omitted in the case that thesubject matter of the present disclosure may be rendered unclearthereby.

It will also be understood that, while terms such as “first,” “second,”“A,” “B,” “(a)” and “(b)” may be used herein to describe variouselements, such terms are only used to distinguish one element fromanother element. The substance, sequence, order or number of theseelements is not limited by these terms. It will be understood that whenan element is referred to as being “connected to” or “coupled to”another element, not only can it be “directly connected” or “coupled to”the other element, but it can also be “indirectly connected or coupledto” the other element via an “intervening” element. In the same context,it will be understood that when an element is referred to as beingformed “on” or “under” another element, not only can it be directlyformed on or under another element, but it can also be indirectly formedon or under another element via an intervening element.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration view illustrating a touch displaydevice 100 according to embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 1, the touch display device 100 according to thepresent embodiments is a device able to provide both an image displayfunction (display function) and a touch sensing function.

Referring to FIG. 1, the touch display device 100 according to thepresent embodiments includes a display panel 110, a data driver 120, agate driver 130, a controller 140, and the like in order to provide thedisplay function. On the display panel 110, a plurality of data lines LDand a plurality of gate lines GL are disposed, and a plurality ofsubpixels SP are arranged. The data driver 120 drives the plurality ofdata lines LD, and the gate driver 130 drives the plurality of gatelines GL. The controller 140 controls the data driver 120 and the gatedriver 130.

The controller 140 controls the data driver 120 and the gate driver 130by supplying a variety of control signals to the data driver 120 and thegate driver 130.

The controller 140 starts scanning based on timing realized by eachframe, outputs converted video data by converting video data input froman external source into a data signal format readable by the data driver120, and at a suitable point in time, regulates data processing inresponse to the scanning.

The controller 140 may be a timing controller used in a typical displaydevice or may be an integrated controller including a timing controllerand executing other control functions.

The data driver 120 drives the plurality of data lines DL by supplyingdata voltages thereto. The data driver 120 is also referred to as a“source driver.”

The gate driver 130 sequentially drives the plurality of gate lines GLby sequentially supplying a scanning signal thereto. The gate driver 130is also referred to as a “scanning driver.”

The gate driver 130 sequentially supplies the scanning signal having anon or off voltage to the plurality of gate lines GL under the control ofthe controller 140.

When a specific gate line is opened by the gate driver 130, the datadriver 120 converts video data received from the controller into analogdata voltages and supplies the analog data voltages to the plurality ofdata lines DL.

In FIG. 1, the data driver 120 is positioned on one side (the upper sideor the lower side) of the display panel 110. However, the data driver120 may be positioned on both sides (e.g. both the upper side and thelower side) of the display panel 110 depending on the driving system,the design of the panel, or the like.

The gate driver 130 is positioned on one side (the left side or theright side) of the display panel 110 in FIG. 1. However, the gate driver130 may be positioned on both sides (e.g. both the left side and theright side) of the display panel 110 depending on the driving system,the design of the panel, or the like.

The controller 140 receives a variety of timing signals including avertical synchronization signal Vsync, a horizontal synchronizationsignal Hsync, an input data enable (DE) signal, and a clock signal fromexternal sources (e.g. a host system), together with input video data.

The controller 140 not only outputs converted video data by convertingvideo data input from an external source into a data signal formatreadable by the data driver 120, but also outputs a variety of controlsignals to the data driver 120 and the gate driver 130 by generating thevariety of control signals in response to a variety of received timingsignals, including a vertical synchronization signal Vsync, a horizontalsynchronization signal Hsync, an input DE signal, and a clock signal, inorder to control the data driver 120 and the gate driver 130.

For example, the controller 140 outputs a variety of gate controlsignals (GCSs) including a gate start pulse (GSP), a gate shift clock(GSC) signal, and a gate output enable (GOE) signal in order to controlthe gate driver 130.

Here, the GSP controls the operation start timing of the gate driverintegrated circuits (ICs) of the gate driver 130. The GSC signal is aclock signal commonly input to the gate driver ICs to control the shifttiming of a scanning signal (gate pulse). The GOE signal designates thetiming information of the gate driver ICs.

In addition, the controller 140 outputs a variety of data controlsignals (DCSs) including a source start pulse (SSP), a source samplingclock (SSC) signal, and a source output enable (SOE) signal in order tocontrol the data driver 120.

Here, the SSP controls the data sampling start timing of the sourcedriver ICs of the data driver 120. The SSC signal is a clock signalcontrolling the data sampling timing of each of the source driver ICs.The SOE signal controls the output timing of the data driver 120.

The above-described data driver 120 may be implemented as one or moresource driver ICs.

Each of the source driver ICs may be connected to the bonding pads ofthe display panel 110 by tape-automated bonding (TAB) or chip-on-glass(COG) bonding, may be directly disposed on the display panel 110, or insome cases, may be integrated with the display panel 110, forming aportion of the organic display panel 110. Alternatively, each of thesource driver ICs may be mounted on a film connected to the displaypanel 110 by a chip-on film (COF) method.

Each of the source driver ICs may include a shift register, a latchcircuit, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), an output buffer, and thelike.

In some cases, each of the source driver ICs further includes ananalog-to-digital converter (ADC).

The gate driver 130 includes one or more gate driver ICs.

Each of the gate driver ICs may be connected to the bonding pads of thedisplay panel 110 by tape-automated bonding (TAB) or chip-on-glass (COG)bonding, may be implemented as a gate-in-panel (GIP)-type IC directlydisposed on the display panel 110, or in some cases, may be integratedwith the display panel 110, forming a portion of the display panel 110.Alternatively, each of the gate drivers IC may be mounted on a filmconnected to the display panel 110 by a chip-on film (COF) method.

Each of the gate drivers IC may include a shift register, a levelshifter, and the like.

The touch display device 100 according to the present embodiments mayinclude one or more source printed circuit boards (S-PCBs) required forcircuit-connection to the data driver 120 and a control printed circuitboards (C-PCB) on which control components, such as the controller 140,and a variety of electronic devices are mounted.

Each of the S-PCBs may have a source driver IC mounted thereon, or afilm on which the source driver IC is mounted may be connected to eachS-PCB.

The C-PCB may have the controller 140, a power control circuit (420 inFIG. 4), and the like mounted thereon, in which the controller 140controls the operations of the data driver 120, the gate driver 130, andthe like, and the power control circuit supplies a variety of voltagesor currents to or controls the supply of the variety of voltages orcurrents to the display panel 110, the data driver 120, the gate driver130, and the like.

The S-PCBs and the C-PCB may be connected by means of at least oneconnecting member.

The connecting member may be a flexible printed circuit (FPC), aflexible flat cable (FFC), or the like.

The S-PCBs and the C-PCB may be integrated as a single PCB.

In the touch display device 100 according to the present embodiments,the data driving function and the gate driving function can be providedby an integrated driver in which the data driver 120 and the gate driver130 are unified.

In this case, the touch display device 100 according to the presentembodiments may include at least one driver IC providing both the datadriving function and the gate driving function.

The touch display device 100 according to the present embodiments maybe, for example, a device selected from among various types of devices,such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, an organic light-emittingdiode (OLED) display device, a plasma display device, and the like.

By the way, the touch display device 100 according to the presentembodiments includes a touch system in order to provide the touchfunction.

Hereinafter, the touch system of the touch display device 100 accordingto the present embodiments will be described in detail.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the touch system of the touchdisplay device 100 according to the present embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 2, the touch system of the touch display device 100according to the present embodiments includes a plurality of touchelectrodes acting as touch sensors, a touch circuit 200 performing touchsensing by driving the plurality of touch electrodes, and the like.

In the touch system of the touch display device 100 according to thepresent embodiments, the plurality of touch electrodes are disposed onthe display panel 110.

That is, in the touch display device 100 according to the presentembodiments, the display panel 110 has a touchscreen panel (TSP)disposed therein.

In addition, in the touch display device 100 according to the presentembodiments, the plurality of touch electrodes may act not only as thetouch sensors, but also as display electrodes associated with thedisplay function.

In this connection, hereinafter, the touch electrodes will be describedas common electrodes CE.

Here, the term “common” means that the common electrodes CE are incommon use as the display electrodes and the touch electrodes.

When the plurality of common electrodes CE are used as the touchelectrodes, a touch driving signal (TDS) is sequentially applied to theplurality of common electrodes CE.

When the plurality of common electrodes CE are used as the displayelectrodes, a display mode voltage is simultaneously applied to theplurality of common electrodes CE.

When the plurality of common electrodes CE are used as the displayelectrodes, each of the common electrodes CE may be an electrodecorresponding to a pixel electrode present in each subpixel area.

In this case, the display mode voltage applied to the plurality of CEsmay be a common voltage Vcom corresponding to a pixel voltage (a datavoltage or a voltage corresponding thereto) applied to pixel electrodes.

N number common electrodes CE (N≧2) are disposed on the display panel110.

Each of the common electrodes CE may have the shape of a block, asillustrated in FIG. 2. This is not intended to be limiting, and thecommon electrodes may have any shape as long as the common electrodesare separated from each other.

The N number of common electrodes CE disposed within the display panel110 may be arranged in a matrix, as illustrated in FIG. 2.

The N number of common electrodes disposed on the display panel 110 maybe categorized into M number of common electrode groups GE #1, . . . ,and GE #M, where 2≦M≦N.

According to this categorization, each of the common electrode groupsincludes N/M number of common electrodes CE.

The N/M number of common electrodes CE of each common electrode groupare simultaneously touch-driven. The simultaneous touch driving of thecommon electrode group can be interpreted as the N/M number of commonelectrodes CE of the common electrode group being simultaneously driven.

When the number N of the common electrodes is equal to the number M ofthe common electrode groups, each of the common electrode groupsincludes a single common electrode CE. That is, the single commonelectrode CE forms a common electrode group.

In this case, to drive a common electrode group has the same meaning asto drive a common electrode CE.

Referring to FIG. 2, the touch circuit 200 can provide a touch drivingfunction of sending a touch driving signal to the common electrodes CEand a touch sensing function of detecting a touch or calculating thecoordinates of a touch point by receiving a touch sensing signal (TSS)from at least one common electrode among the common electrodes CE towhich the touch driving signal is applied.

Regarding the touch driving function, in a time period determined forthe touch driving, the touch circuit 200 can sequentially output a touchdriving signal to the M number of common electrode groups in order tosequentially drive the M number of common electrode groups.

Regarding the touch sensing function, the touch circuit 200 can receivea TSS from a common electrode CE to which the touch driving signal TDSis applied and subsequently detect a touch or calculate the coordinatesof a touch point by sensing capacitance (or a voltage or a charge) or avariation in capacitance (or a change in voltage or a change in charge)in the corresponding common electrode CE.

Here, the touch circuit 200 is electrically connected to the N number ofcommon electrodes CE through N number of sensing lines SL.

The touch circuit 200 receives the TSS by sending the touch drivingsignal TDS to a single common electrode CE through a single sensing lineSL.

Regarding the display function, the data driver 120, a power controlcircuit, or the other power supply can simultaneously supply displaymode voltages to the N number of common electrodes CE through the Nnumber of sensing lines SL.

The above-described touch circuit 200 may be formed of a plurality offunctional components or one or more touch ICs in order to provide boththe touch driving function and the touch sensing function.

In addition, some portions of the plurality of components of the touchcircuit 200 may be formed as a separate circuit and the other portionsof the plurality of components of the touch circuit 200 may be situatedwithin the other driving chip.

Hereinafter, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the case that, when N is 12, 12common electrodes CE are disposed on the display panel 110, in a matrixconsisting of 3 rows and 4 columns, will be described for the sake ofconvenience of explanation.

In addition, for example, 12 and 3 common electrode groups are formed bycategorizing the twelve common electrodes CE. That is, the number of thecommon electrode groups is 12 or 3.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of the touch circuit 200 ofthe touch system of the touch display device 100 according to thepresent embodiments, FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of the touchcircuit of the touch system of the touch display device 100 according tothe present embodiments when N number of common electrodes aresequentially driven, and FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of the touchcircuit of the touch system of the touch display device 100 according tothe present embodiments when N number of common electrodes categorizedinto M number of common electrode groups are driven according to thecommon electrode groups.

FIG. 4 illustrates an example in which 12 common electrodes CE 11, CE12, CE 13, CE 14, CE 21, CE 22, CE 23, CE 24, CE 31, CE 32, CE 33, andCE 34 are categorized into 12 common electrode groups GE #1, GE #2, . .. , and GE #12 (M=12). In this case, each of the common electrodes formsa common electrode group.

FIG. 5 illustrates an example in which 12 common electrodes CE 11, CE12, CE 13, CE 14, CE 21, CE 22, CE 23, CE 24, CE 31, CE 32, CE 33, andCE 34 are categorized into 3 common electrode groups GE #1, GE #2, andGE #3 (M=3).

In this case, each of the common electrode groups includes 4 commonelectrodes. Specifically, common electrode group GE #1 includes CE 11,CE 12, CE 13, and C14, common electrode group GE #2 includes CE 21, CE22, CE 23, and C24, and common electrode group GE #3 includes CE 31, CE32, CE 33, and C34.

The number of common electrodes belonging to a single common electrodegroup is obtained by dividing the number N of common electrodes by thenumber M of the common electrode groups.

The number of common electrodes belonging to a single common electrodegroup is equal to the number of common electrodes that can besimultaneously touch-driven.

Referring to FIG. 3, the touch circuit 200 of the touch system of thetouch display device 100 according to the present embodiments includes,for example, a signal providing circuit 310, a switch circuit 320, atouch sensing signal detection circuit 330, a sensing data generatorcircuit 340, a touch sensing circuit 350, and the like.

The signal providing circuit 310 provides a touch driving signal TDS.

One end of the switch circuit 320 is connected to the signal providingcircuit 310, and the other end of the switch circuit 320 is connected toN number of signal lines SL 11, SL 12, SL 13, SL 14, SL 21, SL 22, SL23, SL 24, SL 31, SL 32, SL 33, and SL 34.

The N number of signal lines SL 11, SL 12, SL 13, SL 14, SL 21, SL 22,SL 23, SL 24, SL 31, SL 32, SL 33, and SL 34 are connected to N numberof common electrodes CE 11, CE 12, CE 13, CE 14, CE 21, CE 22, CE 23, CE24, CE 31, CE 32, CE 33, and CE 34 in a corresponding manner.

The switch circuit 320 sequentially connects one or more commonelectrodes to the signal providing circuit 310 according to the touchdriving sequence of the N number of common electrodes CE 11, CE 12, CE13, CE 14, CE 21, CE 22, CE 23, CE 24, CE 31, CE 32, CE 33, and CE 34.

Consequently, the touch driving signal TDS provided by the signalproviding circuit 310 is sequentially transferred to one or more sensinglines through the switch circuit 320, whereby the touch driving signalTDS is sequentially applied to the one or more common electrodes thatare to be touch-driven.

The touch sensing signal detection circuit 330 can detect the touchsensing signal TSS, received from the one or more common electrodes(included in the common electrode group) to which the touch drivingsignal TDS is applied, by means of the switch circuit 320.

The sensing data generator circuit 340 generates sensing data based onthe touch sensing signal detected from each common electrode.

The touch sensing circuit 350 senses a touch based on the sensing data.Here, to sense the touch means to detect a touch or calculate thecoordinates of a touch point.

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the signal providing circuit 310includes, for example, a pulse generator 410 generating a pulsemodulation signal (e.g. a pulse width modulation signal) and the powercontrol circuit 420 providing a touch driving signal TDS generated basedon the pulse modulation signal.

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the touch sensing signal detectionsignal 330 includes one or more analog front ends (AFEs).

The touch sensing signal detection signal 330 may include one AFE, asillustrated in FIG. 4, or may include two or more AFEs AFE #1, AFE #2,AFE #3, and AFE #4, as illustrated in FIG. 5.

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the switch circuit 320 includes one ormore multiplexers.

Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 4, when a single AFE is provided,the switch circuit 320 includes a single multiplexer MUX. As illustratedin FIG. 5, when four AFEs AFE #1, AFE #2, AFE #3, and AFE #4 areprovided, the switch circuit 320 includes 4 multiplexers MUX #1, MUX #2,MUX #3, and MUX #4.

That is, the number of the multiplexers is equal to the number of theAFEs.

The number of the multiplexers and the number of the AFEs may varydepending on the level to which the common electrodes are grouped.

That is, the number of the multiplexers and the number of the AFEsincrease with increases in the level to which the common electrodes aregrouped, i.e. decreases in the number M of the common electrode groups.

The embodiment of FIG. 5 indicates that the common electrodes aregrouped to a high level, i.e. the number M of the common electrodegroups is small. Thus, the number the multiplexers and the number of theAFEs are increased.

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, each of the number of the multiplexersand the number of the AFEs is equal to the number of common electrodesbelonging to a single common electrode group.

Here, the number of the common electrodes belonging to a single commonelectrode group is N/M, obtained by dividing the number N of the commonelectrodes by the number M of the common electrode groups.

Each of the number of the multiplexers and the number of the AFEs isequal to the number of the common electrodes that can be simultaneouslytouch-driven.

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, each of the multiplexers is an M:1multiplexer considering that a TDS provided by the power control circuit420 is output through one signal line from among the M number of signallines or a TSS from one signal line from among the M number of signallines is transferred to the corresponding AFE.

In the embodiment of FIG. 4 where M=12, a single multiplexer MUX is a12:1 multiplexer. In the embodiment of FIG. 5 where M=3, each of 4(=12/3) multiplexers MUX #1, . . . , and MUX #4 is a 3:1 multiplexer.

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the sensing data generator circuit 340includes an ADC generating sensing data by converting a detected TSSinto digital data.

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the touch sensing circuit 350 and thepulse generator 410 may be implemented as separate components, or may beimplemented as a single micro-control unit (MCU).

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the switch circuit 320, the touchsensing signal detection circuit 330, and the sensing data generatorcircuit 340 may be separately formed. As an alternative, at least one ofthe switch circuit 320, the touch sensing signal detection circuit 330,and the sensing data generator circuit 340 may be included in a displaydriving chip together with a data driver circuit or may be includedwithin the data driver circuit.

FIG. 6 is an equivalent circuit diagram illustrating the principle oftouch driving and touch sensing for the touch system of the touchdisplay device 100 according to the present embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 6, the touch system performs touch driving and touchsensing by using an integrator 600.

The integrator 600 may include a feedback capacitor Cfb and an amplifierincluding a positive terminal (+), a negative terminal (−) functioningas an input terminal, and an output terminal.

The integrator 600 may output an integral value with respect to avoltage of a signal input to the input terminal.

A touch driving signal TDS is input to the positive terminal (+) of theamplifier in the integrator 600 and is applied to a common electrode CEsto be touch-driven and touch-sensed, which is electrically connected tothe negative terminal (−) of the amplifier.

According to the presence or absence of a touch, that is, the presenceor absence of a formation of a capacitor between the common electrodeCEs and a pointer such as a finger and a pen, a total capacitance of theamplifier in the integrator 600, connected to the negative terminal (−)(input terminal), is changed, and the change in the total capacitance isoutput to the output terminal of the amplifier in the integrator 600 asa touch sensing signal TSS.

In the case of the presence of the pointer, the total capacitance of theamplifier in the integrator 600 connected to the negative terminal (−)(input terminal) may be determined by an absolute capacitance Cab of thecommon electrode CEs and a capacitance Cf between the common electrodeCEs and the pointer.

In the case of the absence of the pointer, the total capacitance of theamplifier in the integrator 600 connected to the negative terminal (−)(input terminal) may be determined by the absolute capacitance Cab ofthe common electrode CEs.

At the time of touch driving, when the touch driving signal TDS isapplied to the common electrode CEs to be touch-driven and touch-sensed,parasitic capacitance Cp may be unnecessarily generated between thecommon electrode CEs and a pattern, such as a data line, a gate line, orother common electrodes CEo, disposed on the display panel 110.

When the parasitic capacitance Cp is generated, the total capacitancemay be determined by the absolute capacitance Cab of the commonelectrode CEs, the capacitance Cf between the common electrode CEs andthe pointer, and the parasitic capacitance Cp.

Therefore, as the parasitic capacitance Cp is generated, the totalcapacitance may be changed, and the touch sensing signal TSS may bechanged according to the change in the total capacitance. The change inthe touch sensing signal TSS may considerably decrease touch sensingaccuracy.

Therefore, when the touch driving signal TDS is applied to the commonelectrode CEs to be touch-driven and touch-sensed, the touch systemaccording to the present embodiments performs load free driving (LFD)that applies a signal corresponding to the touch driving signal TDS tothe pattern disposed on the display panel 110.

The LFD may be a driving technique that prevents the generation of theparasitic capacitance Cp acting as a load at the time of touch drivingand may be performed together with touch driving.

The pattern of conductive elements allowing for the LFD is referred toas a load free driving pattern (LFD pattern), and a signal applied tothe LFD pattern is referred to as a load free driving signal (LFDsignal).

The LFD pattern may be all of electrodes and lines that are disposedaround the common electrode CEs to which the touch driving signal TDS isapplied and are able to generate the parasitic capacitance Cp togetherwith the common electrode CEs and may be, for example, at least one ofthe data line DL, the gate line GL, and the other common electrodes CEoto which the touch driving signal TDS is not applied.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating main signals in the display mode andthe touch mode of the touch display device 100 according to the presentembodiments.

Referring to FIG. 7, the display mode and the touch mode may betime-divided and may be alternately performed.

Referring to FIG. 7, the touch system and display driving configurationsin the touch display device 100 may recognize the display mode and thetouch mode through a touch sync signal Touch Sync. The touch sync signalTouch Sync may be a control signal output from the controller 140 or themicro control unit MCU.

The signal level or state of the touch synch signal Touch Sync indicateswhether the system is in a display mode or a touch mode. When a signallevel of the touch sync signal Touch Sync is in a high state (or lowstate), the display mode may be performed, and when the signal level ofthe touch sync signal Touch Sync is in a low state (or high state), thetouch mode may be performed.

The main signals illustrated in FIG. 7 are signals corresponding to acase in which the common electrode CE, the data line DL, and the gateline GL are load-free-driven.

Referring to FIG. 7, during the touch mode, a touch driving signal TDSis applied to a common electrode CEs that is being touch-driven. Acommon electrode load free driving signal Vcom-LFD is applied to adifferent common electrode CEo that is being load-free-driven. At leastone of a phase or an amplitude of the common electrode load free drivingsignal Vcom-LFD corresponds to the touch driving signal TDS.

The other common electrode CEo being load-free-driven may be one or morecommon electrodes CEo adjacent to the common electrode CEs beingtouch-driven or may be all remaining common electrodes CEo.

During the display mode, a display mode voltage Vcom is applied to allof the common electrodes CE.

Referring to FIG. 7, during the touch mode, a gate load free drivingsignal GATE-LFD is applied to a gate line GL(n−1) and a gate line GL(n),which are load-free-driven. At least one of a phase and an amplitude ofthe gate load free driving signal GATE-LFD corresponds to the touchdriving signal TDS.

The gate line GL(n−1) and the gate line GL(n) being load-free-driven maybe at least one gate line adjacent to the common electrode CEs beingtouch-driven and may be all of gate lines.

During the display mode, a scan signal SCAN(n−1) is applied to the(n−1)^(th) gate line GL(n−1), and a scan signal SCAN(n) is applied tothe n^(th) gate line GL(n).

Referring to FIG. 7, during the touch mode, a data load free drivingsignal DATA-LFD is applied to a data line DL being load-free-driven. Atleast one of a phase and an amplitude of the data load free drivingsignal DATA-LFD corresponds to the touch driving signal TDS.

The data line DL being load-free-driven may be at least one data lineadjacent to the common electrode CEs being touch-driven and may be alldata lines.

During the display mode, a data voltage Vdata may be applied to the dataline DL. When the touch display device 100 is a liquid crystal displaydevice, while a polarity is inversed in every display mode, the datavoltage Vdata may be applied.

Hereinafter, a sensing destabilizing phenomenon and a touch sensingnoise according to the sensing destabilizing phenomenon will bedescribed, the sensing destabilizing phenomenon occurring in a case inwhich the display mode and the touch mode are performed by beingtime-divided and in a case in which the LFD is applied.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a sensing destabilizing phenomenoncaused by display touch crosstalk in the touch display device 100according to the present embodiments.

As described above, since the common electrode CE is a common modeelectrode that operates as a touch electrode in the touch mode andoperates as a display electrode in the display mode, the touch displaydevice 100 alternately performs a display function and a touch sensingfunction by dividing one frame into the display mode and the touch mode.

Referring to FIG. 8, when the common electrode CE enters the touch modefrom the display mode, the common electrode CE receives the touchdriving signal TDS but may be in a “sensing-destabilized state” in whichthe common electrode CE is not ready to normally start touch driving andtouch sensing (set a voltage state).

In other words, after the display mode is ended, as the touch mode isperformed, when the touch driving signal TDS is abruptly applied to thecommon electrode CE to which the display mode voltage Vcom is appliedduring the display mode, the common electrode CE may not rapidly becomea voltage state required for the touch mode.

When touch sensing is performed in the “sensing-destabilized state” ofthe common electrode CE, sensing data may include a touch sensing noise.Therefore, an accurate touch sensing result may not be acquired.

More specifically, after the display mode is ended, when the touch modeis performed to perform touch driving and touch sensing, a display imagepattern displayed during the display mode may appear as the touchsensing signal TSS or may distort the touch sensing signal TSS. Thisphenomenon is referred to as “display touch crosstalk.”

The display image pattern, which appears as the touch sensing signal TSSand distorts the touch sensing signal TSS in the touch mode, is referredto as a “touch sensing noise.”

As a result, when the touch mode is performed immediately after thedisplay mode is ended, the sensing destabilizing phenomenon may becaused by the display touch crosstalk in which the display image patterndisplayed on a screen in the display mode appears as the touch sensingsignal TSS, that is, the touch sensing noise and distorts the touchsensing signal TSS.

FIG. 9 to FIG. 11 are diagrams illustrating a sensing destabilizingphenomenon caused by signal delay in the touch display device 100according to the present embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 9, as described above, a signal transmission pathwaythrough which the touch driving signal TDS, output from the powercontrol circuit 420 of the signal providing circuit 310 and passingthrough the multiplexer MUX, is transferred to the common electrode CEstouch-driven and touch-sensed is different from a signal transmissionpathway through which the common electrode load free driving signalVcom-LFD, output from the power control circuit 420 and passing throughthe multiplexer MUX, is transferred to the common electrode CEo beingload-free-driven.

Referring to FIG. 9, the touch driving signal TDS passing through themultiplexer MUX is transferred to the common electrode CEs touch-drivenand touch-sensed through the integrator 600. The common electrode loadfree driving signal Vcom-LFD does not pass through the integrator 600and is directly transferred to the common electrode CEo beingload-free-driven.

Therefore, a length Ltds of the signal transmission pathway in which thetouch driving signal TDS is transferred to the common electrode CEstouch-driven and touch-sensed is greater than a length Llfd of thesignal transmission pathway in which the common electrode free drivingsignal Vcom-LFD is transferred to the common electrode CEo beingload-free-driven.

In addition, a process of passing the touch driving signal TDS from thenegative terminal (−) of the integrator 600 to the positive terminal (+)thereof, is required for transferring the touch driving signal TDS tothe common electrode CEs touch-driven and touch-sensed, but the processis not required for transferring the common load free driving signalVcom-LFD to the common electrode CEo being load-free-driven.

Due to the points described above, although the touch driving signal TDSand the common electrode free driving signal Vcom-LFD output from thepower control circuit 420 have the same signal waveform (for example,the same phase and the same amplitude), when the touch driving signalTDS and the common electrode free driving signal Vcom-LFD are actuallyapplied to the common electrode CEs touch-driven and touch-sensed andthe common electrode CEo being load-free-driven, respectively, signalwaveforms may be changed as illustrated in FIG. 10 or 11.

Referring to FIG. 10, since the length Ltds of the signal transmissionpathway for the touch driving signal TDS actually applied to the commonelectrode CEs being touch-driven and touch-sensed is greater than thelength Llfd of the signal transmission pathway for the common electrodeload free driving signal Vcom-LFD applied to the common electrode CEobeing load-free-driven (Ltds>Llfd), a signal transmission delay of thetouch driving signal TDS is greater than a signal transmission delay ofthe common electrode load free signal Vcom-LFD, resulting in delaying arise time of the touch driving signal TDS.

The delay of the rise time may cause a signal transmission delay.

Referring to FIG. 11, although signal rising starts at the same time,due to the additional process of passing the touch driving signal TDSthrough the integrator 600, the touch driving signal TDS actuallyapplied to the common electrode CEs touch-driven and touch-sensed mayhave a longer rise time compared to the common electrode load freedriving signal Vcom-LFD actually applied to the common electrode CEobeing load-free-driven. The rise time is a time elapsed until a voltageis increased to a voltage (k times a maximum high level voltage, where kis a value set to the range of 0.5 to 1) in which a change from a lowlevel to a high level is recognized.

That is, assuming that the rise time of the common electrode load freedriving signal Vcom-LFD applied to the common electrode CEo beingload-free-driven is TR1, the rise time of the touch driving signal TDSactually applied to the common electrode CEs touch-driven andtouch-sensed is TR2, which is greater than TR1.

In other words, the common electrode load free driving signal Vcom-LFDapplied to the common electrode CEo being load-free-driven has a fastrise time, but the touch driving signal TDS applied to the commonelectrode CEs touch-driven and touch-sensed has a slow rise time.

The slow rise time of the touch driving signal TDS actually applied tothe common electrode CEs touch-driven and touch-sensed also correspondsto a kind of signal delay.

As described above with reference to FIG. 9 to FIG. 11, although the LFDis performed to prevent the generation of the parasitic capacitance, theparasitic capacitance between the common electrode CEs touch-driven andtouch-sensed and the common electrode CEo being load-free-driven may begenerated by a signal delay difference (i.e., 1. a signal delaydifference due to a transmission delay difference and 2. a signal delaydifference due to a rise time difference) between the touch drivingsignal TDS and the common electrode free driving signal Vcom-LFD.

Therefore, the signal delay difference between the touch driving signalTDS and the common load free driving signal Vcom-LFD may act as touchsensing noise that causes the sensing destabilizing phenomenon.

According to the present embodiments, a pre-setting scheme for preparingto perform touch driving and touch sensing prior to performing touchdriving is provided as a method of minimizing the sensing destabilizingphenomenon caused by the display touch crosstalk and the sensingdestabilizing phenomenon caused by the signal delay difference.

Hereinafter, the pre-setting scheme for sensing stabilization will bedescribed in more detail.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating the pre-setting scheme for sensingstabilization in the touch display device 100 according to the presentembodiments.

Referring to FIG. 12, in the touch screen device 100 according to thepresent embodiments, before sequentially driving M electrode groups(when M=n, N common electrodes), the touch circuit 200 may output a“pre-setting dummy pulse signal” to at least one of the M commonelectrode groups. The outputting of the pre-setting dummy pulse signalto the common electrode CE is referred to as “pre-setting driving.”

As described above, before the M common electrode groups (N commonelectrodes when M=N) are sequentially driven, by applying the“pre-setting dummy pulse signal” to the at least one of the M commonelectrode groups, a voltage state required for touch driving and touchsensing may rapidly occur in the common electrode CE to which thepre-setting dummy pulse signal is applied.

That is, as the pre-setting dummy pulse signal is pre-applied to thecommon electrode CE before the touch driving signal TDS is applied, thedisplay touch crosstalk can be removed or reduced, and the signal delaydifference can also be removed or reduced, thereby stabilizing sensing.

Referring to FIG. 12, the pre-setting dummy pulse signal may havesubstantially the same phase as the touch driving signal TDS.

As described above, a state of the common electrode CE, to which thepre-setting dummy pulse signal is applied before touch driving, may beset to be substantially the same as a state of the common electrode CEto which the touch driving signal TDS is applied. This is done bysetting the phase of the pre-setting dummy pulse signal so as to besubstantially the same as the phase of the touch driving signal TDS,thereby efficiently stabilizing sensing and efficiently performingpre-setting driving.

The common-electrode CE, to which the pre-setting dummy pulse signal isapplied, may be the common electrode CEs to which the touch drivingsignal TDS is to initially be applied. The common-electrode to which thepre-setting dummy pulse signal is applied may also be one or more commonelectrodes CEo different from the common electrode CEs, and may be allcommon electrodes.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating three types of time periods in which apre-setting dummy pulse signal for sensing stabilization is output inthe touch display device 100 according to the present embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 13, the time period, i.e., a pre-setting output timeperiods, in which the pre-setting dummy pulse signal is output in thetouch circuit 200, may be, for example, a time period that is the frontportion of the touch mode (Case 1), a time period that is the endportion of the display mode (Case 2), or a time period between thedisplay mode and the touch mode (Case 3).

As described above, the pre-setting dummy pulse signal output timeperiod may be variously designed, thereby reducing the influence ofpre-setting driving on the display mode and the touch mode or enablingefficient pre-setting driving.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating signals applied to the commonelectrode between the display mode and the touch mode when thepre-setting scheme is utilized in the touch display device 100 accordingto the present embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 14, the pre-setting dummy pulse signal may have apulse signal form and may include, for example, one or more dummypulses.

For example, the pre-setting dummy pulse signal may include 1 to 4 dummypulses.

Regarding the number of the pre-setting dummy pulses, when thepre-setting dummy pulse signal is set to a small number of pulses, whilethe influence is minimized on the display mode and/or the touch mode,pre-setting driving may be performed, but performance of sensingstabilization may be reduced according to pre-setting driving.

On the contrary, when the pre-setting dummy pulse signal is set to alarge number of pulses, pre-setting driving may more greatly influencethe display mode and/or the touch mode, but the performance of thesensing stabilization may be improved according to pre-setting driving.

Therefore, the number of the dummy pulses constituting the pre-settingdummy pulse signal may be efficiently adjusted by taking intoconsideration the performance of the sensing stabilization according topre-setting driving and the efficiency and performance of the displaymode and/or the touch mode by pre-setting driving.

The touch driving signal TDS may include, for example, one or more resetpulses and one or more real touch driving pulses or may include one ormore real touch driving pulses.

The one or more reset pulses are pulses that function to indicate astart of touch driving in the touch mode or function to indicating astart of touch driving according to the common electrode groups in thetouch mode.

The one or more real touch driving pulses are pulses used in actualtouch driving.

The touch circuit 200 may sense a touch by extracting only a portion ofthe touch sensing signal TSS corresponding to the real touch drivingpulses from which pulses corresponding to the pre-setting dummy pulsesignal and the reset pulse are removed, the touch sensing signal TSSbeing received from the common electrode groups to which the touchdriving signal TDS is applied.

According to the signal waveform described above, the touch circuit 200may easily grasp the start of touch driving in the touch mode or easilygrasp the start of touch driving according to the common electrodegroups in touch mode by using the one or more reset pulses, and maysense a touch by grasping pulses corresponding to the one or more resetpulses.

In addition, among a plurality of pulses constituting the touch sensingsignal TSS, only a pulse generated in relation to the real touch drivingpulse may be extracted and used in touch sensing by removing pulsesgenerated by pre-setting dummy pulses and reset pulses which are notsubstantially related to touch driving but are additionally applied tothe common electrode. This can consequently prevent the sensingdestabilizing phenomenon caused by the sensing display touch crosstalkand the sensing destabilizing phenomenon caused by the signal delaydifference and also performing accurate touch sensing.

Specifically, when the dummy pulses or reset pulses are being drivenonto the common electrodes, a touch sensing signal TSS is stillgenerated from the dummy pulses and reset pulses, and the ADC of thesensing data generator circuit 340 still generates sensing data fromTSS. However, the touch sensing circuit 350 simply disregards thesensing data as being dummy sensing data or reset sensing data.

FIG. 15 and FIG. 16 are diagrams illustrating examples of signalwaveforms in the pre-setting dummy pulse signal for sensingstabilization in the touch display device 100 according to the presentembodiments.

The pre-setting dummy pulse signal for sensing stabilization may includeone or more pulses and may be generated in various signal waveforms.That is, the pre-setting dummy pulse signal may be generated byvariously setting an amplitude, a reference swing voltage, and the like.

Cases A, B, C, and D are illustrated in FIG. 15 and FIG. 16 as examplesaccording to a design change of an amplitude ΔVpre and a voltage Vcomthat is the reference of the swing.

Referring to FIG. 15 and FIG. 16, the touch driving signal TDS may be apulse modulation signal that swings between a high level voltage VH anda low level voltage VL, and the pre-setting dummy pulse signal may bethe pulse modulation signal like the touch driving signal TDS.

Referring to FIG. 15 and FIG. 16, as in cases A and B, each ofamplitudes ΔVpre1 and ΔVpre3 in the pre-setting dummy pulse signal maybe substantially the same as an amplitude ΔV of the touch driving signalTDS.

As described above, when the pre-setting dummy pulse signal having thesame amplitude as the touch driving signal TDS is generated, thepre-setting dummy pulse signal may be easily generated.

Referring to FIG. 15 and FIG. 16, as in cases B and D, each ofamplitudes ΔVpre2 and ΔVpre4 in the pre-setting dummy pulse signal maybe greater than the amplitude ΔV of the touch driving signal TDS.

As described above, when the pre-setting dummy pulse signal having theamplitude greater than the amplitude of the touch driving signal TDS isgenerated, the common electrode CE may be more rapidly set to a voltagestate in which normal touch driving and touch sensing are performed,thereby more rapidly achieving sensing stabilization according to thepre-setting dummy pulse signal.

Referring to FIG. 15 and FIG. 16, as in cases A and B, each of thepre-setting dummy pulse signal and the touch driving signal TDS is thepulse modulation signal that swings between the high level voltage VHand the low level voltage VL. A low level voltage of each of thepre-setting dummy pulse signal and the touch driving signal TDS is adisplay mode voltage Vcom.

That is, in cases A and B, each of the pre-setting dummy pulse signaland the touch driving signal TDS is a signal that swings in a manner inwhich a voltage is raised to the high level voltage and is returned tothe low level voltage corresponding to the display mode voltage Vcom.

Referring to FIG. 15 and FIG. 16, as in cases C and D, each of thepre-setting dummy pulse signal and the touch driving signal TDS is thepulse modulation signal that swings between the high level voltage VHand the low level voltage VL. A high level voltage of each of thepre-setting dummy pulse signal and the touch driving signal TDS ishigher than the display mode voltage Vcom. The low level voltage of eachof the pre-setting dummy pulse signal and the touch driving signal TDSis lower than the display mode voltage Vcom.

That is, in cases C and D, each of the pre-setting dummy pulse signaland the touch driving signal TDS is the signal that swings in a mannerin which a voltage is raised to the high level voltage and is returnedto the low level voltage with respect to the display mode voltage Vcom.

According to a swing property of the presetting signal and the touchdriving signal TDS described above, a voltage range used for touchdriving and pre-setting driving may be set to a voltage range availablein the touch display device 100.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating main signals in the display mode andthe touch mode when the pre-setting scheme is utilized in the touchdisplay device 100 according to the present embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 17, the display mode and the touch mode may betime-divided and may be alternately performed.

The main signals illustrated in FIG. 17 are signals corresponding to acase in which the LFD and the pre-setting driving are performed on thecommon electrode CE, the data line DL, and the gate line GL.

Referring to FIG. 17, according to the load free driving, during thetouch mode, load free driving signals Vcom-LFD, GATE_LFD, and DATA_LFD,a phase of each of which is substantially the same as a phase of thetouch driving signal TDS, may be applied to a load free driving patternpredefined on the display panel 110.

The load free driving pattern being load-free-driven may be, forexample, at least one data line DL, at least one gate line GL(n−1) orGL(n), or at least one common electrode CE, may also be a pattern suchas an electrode or a voltage wiring, adjacent to the common electrodeCEs to which the touch driving signal TDS is applied, and in some cases,may be all of patterns in the display panel 110.

According to the load free driving described above, during the touchmode, parasitic capacitance may be prevent from being unnecessarilygenerated, thereby improving touch sensing accuracy.

Referring to FIG. 17, during the touch mode, the touch driving signalTDS is applied to the common electrode CEs being touch-driven. Inaddition, the common electrode load free driving signal Vcom-LFD isapplied to a common electrode CEo corresponding to the load free drivingpattern being load-free-driven. At least one of a phase and an amplitudeof Vcom-LFD corresponds to the touch driving signal TDS,

The common electrode CEo being load-free-driven may be one or morecommon electrodes CEo adjacent to the common electrode CEs beingtouch-driven or may be all remaining common electrodes CEo.

Before the touch driving signal TDS is applied, the pre-setting dummypulse signal may be pre-applied to the relevant common electrode CEs.

At this time, before the common electrode load free driving signalVcom-LFD is applied to the common electrode CEo corresponding to theload free driving pattern, the pre-setting dummy pulse signal(pre-setting dummy pulse signal for load free driving) corresponding tothe common electrode load free driving signal Vcom-LFD may bepre-applied to the relevant common electrode CEo.

During the display mode, a display mode voltage Vcom is applied to allof the common electrodes CE.

Referring to FIG. 17, during the touch mode, the gate load free drivingsignal GATE-LFD is applied to gate lines GL(n−1) and GL(n) beingload-free-driven. At least one of a phase and an amplitude of GATE-LFDcorresponds to the touch driving signal TDS.

The gate lines GL(n−1) and the GL(n) being load-free-driven may be atleast one gate line adjacent to the common electrode CEs beingtouch-driven and may be all of gate lines.

Before the common electrode load free driving signal Vcom-LFD is appliedto the gate lines GL(n−1) and GL(n) corresponding to the load freedriving pattern to be load-free-driven, the pre-setting dummy pulsesignal (pre-setting dummy pulse signal for load free driving)corresponding to the gate load free driving signal GATE-LFD may bepre-applied to the gate lines GL(n−1) and GL(n).

During the display mode, a scan signal SCAN(n−1) is applied to the(n−1)^(th) gate line GL(n−1), and a scan signal SCAN(n) is applied tothe n^(th) gate line GL(n).

Referring to FIG. 17, during the touch mode, the data load free drivingsignal DATA-LFD is applied to a data line DL being load-free-driven. Atleast one of a phase and an amplitude of DATA-LFD corresponds to thetouch driving signal TDS.

The data line DL corresponding to the load free driving pattern beingload-free-driven may be at least one data line adjacent to the commonelectrode CEs touch-driven and may be all of data lines.

Before the data load free driving signal DATA-LFD is applied to the dataline DL corresponding to the load free driving pattern to beload-free-driven, the pre-setting dummy pulse signal (pre-setting dummypulse signal for load free driving) corresponding to the data load freedriving signal DATA-LFD may be pre-applied to the data line DLcorresponding to the load free driving pattern.

During the display mode, the relevant data voltage Vdata may be appliedto the data line DL. When the touch display device 100 is a liquidcrystal display device, while a polarity is inversed in every displaymode, the data voltage Vdata may be applied.

As described above, even before the load free driving signals Vcom LFD,GATE_LFD, and DATA_LFD are applied, the pre-setting dummy pulse signalmay be applied to the load free driving patterns CEo, GL, and DL,thereby improving the stabilization of the load free driving. Inaddition, the touch sensing accuracy may be improved by normallyperforming the load free driving.

Hereinafter, as in FIG. 5, when touch driving is performed according tothe common electrode groups, a method of applying a pre-setting schemewill be described. Of course, even in the case of FIG. 4, assuming thatone common electrode is one common electrode group, it may be consideredthat touch driving is performed according to the common electrodegroups.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an application of the pre-settingscheme when driving is performed according to the common electrodegroups in the touch display device 100 according to the presentembodiments.

Referring to FIG. 18, in the touch screen device 100 according to thepresent embodiments, when driving is performed according to the commonelectrode groups, during the touch mode, the touch circuit 200 mayoutput the pre-setting dummy pulse signal before outputting the touchdriving signal TDS, to be applied to a common electrode group GE #1 thatis initially driven.

That is, although a plurality of common electrode groups GE #1, GE #2,and GE #3 are touch-driven with respect to one touch mode, the touchcircuit 200 may generate the pre-setting dummy pulse signal beforeapplying the touch driving signal TDS to the common electrode group GE#1 to be initially touch-driven.

Accordingly, although touch driving is performed according to the commonelectrode groups, and the plurality of common electrode groups GE #1, GE#2, and GE #3 are sequentially touch-driven with respect to the onetouch mode, pre-setting driving may be efficiently performed bygenerating the pre-setting dummy pulse signal only once.

FIG. 19 is a diagram differently illustrating an application of thepre-setting scheme when driving is performed according to the commonelectrode groups in the touch display device 100 according to thepresent exemplary embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 19, in the touch screen device 100 according to thepresent embodiments, when driving is performed according to the commonelectrode groups, during the touch mode, the touch circuit 200 mayoutput the pre-setting dummy pulse signal each time before outputtingthe touch driving signal TDS, to be applied to each of common electrodegroups that are sequentially driven.

That is, although a plurality of common electrode groups GE #1, GE #2,and GE #3 are touch-driven with respect to one touch mode, the touchcircuit 200 may generate the pre-setting dummy pulse signalcorresponding to each of the plurality of common electrode groups GE #1,GE #2, and GE #3 before applying the touch driving signal TDS to each ofthe plurality of common electrode groups GE #1, GE #2, and GE #3.

Accordingly, although touch driving is performed according to the commonelectrode groups, and the plurality of common electrode groups GE #1, GE#2, and GE #3 are sequentially touch-driven during one touch mode,performance of pre-setting driving may be improved by generating thepre-setting dummy pulse signal each time before each of the plurality ofcommon electrode groups GE #1, GE #2, and GE #3 is touch-driven.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating noise reduction effects that can beobtained using the pre-setting scheme for sensing stabilization in thetouch display device 100 according to the present embodiments.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a position in which touch sensingnoise occurs when the pre-setting scheme is not applied and a positionin which touch sensing noise occurs when the pre-setting scheme isapplied.

Referring to FIG. 20, when the pre-setting scheme is not applied, touchsensing noises occurring at a plurality of points are observed sincesensing is destabilized due to sensing display touch crosstalk andsignal delay.

In contrast, when the pre-setting scheme is applied, positions at whichsensing noises occur and the number of the occurrence of sensing noisesare significantly reduced, since the pre-setting scheme can promotesensing stabilization by preventing the sensing destabilization due tothe display-touch crosstalk and the sensing destabilization due to thesignal delay.

The foregoing descriptions have been made to the pre-setting scheme forpreventing the sensing destabilizing phenomenon occurring when thedisplay mode is ended and the touch mode begins to be performed or thesensing destabilizing phenomenon occurring during the touch mode.

That is, the pre-setting scheme of previously supplying the pre-settingdummy pulse signal to the N number of common electrodes before the touchcircuit 200 drives the N number of common electrodes during the touchmode and the sensing stabilization based on the pre-setting scheme havebeen described.

When the touch mode is ended and the display mode is performed,touch-display crosstalk, i.e. the influence of the touch driving and theload free driving performed in the touch mode, remains in the displaymode. Consequently, the display may be destabilized or may malfunction.

Hereinafter, a post-setting scheme for preventing the displaydestabilization will be described in brief.

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating the post-setting scheme for displaystabilization in the touch display device 100 according to the presentembodiments.

Referring to FIG. 21, in the touch display device 100 according to thepresent embodiments, after the touch circuit 200 applies a touch drivingsignal TDS to a common electrode group among M number of commonelectrode groups that is the last to operate during the touch mode,before a display mode voltage Vcom is applied by the touch circuit 200or the display driver circuit in the display mode, a post-setting signalmay be applied to the M number of common electrode groups and/or theload-free driving pattern.

For example, the above-mentioned post-setting signal may have a voltage,the phase, amplitude, and the like of which correspond to those of adisplay mode voltage.

Here, the display mode voltage may be a common voltage Vcom applied tocommon electrodes CEs, which were subjected to touch driving andload-free driving during the touch mode, for the purpose of displaydriving, or may be a data voltage Vdata and a gate voltage VGH and VGLapplied to data lines DL and gate lines GL, which were subjected toload-free driving during the touch mode, for the purpose of displaydriving.

It is possible to prevent the touch-display crosstalk, i.e. theinfluence of touch driving and load-free driving performed in the touchmode remaining in the display mode, by preemptively forming a displaydriving preparatory state by previously applying a post-setting signalbefore display driving is performed immediately after touch driving isended. This can consequently result in display stabilization and improveimage quality in the display mode.

Here, the touch-display crosstalk may mean a phenomenon in which, in thedisplay mode, the voltage state of a common electrode is not directlychanged to a display mode voltage Vcom from the voltage state in whichtouch driving and touch sensing was performed.

In addition, the touch-display crosstalk may mean a phenomenon in which,in the display mode, the voltage state of the load-free-driven commonelectrode CEo, the data line DL, and the gate line GL is not directlychanged to the display mode voltage Vcom, Vdata, or SCAN(VGH, VGL) fromthe voltage state in which load free driving was performed.

Here, as illustrated in FIG. 21, the time period in which thepost-setting signal is applied may be the end portion of the touch mode.In some cases, the time period may be the front portion of the displaymode or a time period between the touch mode and the display mode.

As above, the time period in which the post-setting signal is appliedmay be variously designed, thereby reducing the influence ofpost-setting driving on the display mode and the touch mode or enablingefficient post-setting driving.

Hereinafter, the above-described respective components of the touchdisplay device 100 according to the present embodiments will be brieflydescribed again.

FIG. 22 is a block diagram illustrating the touch circuit 200 of thetouch display device 100 according to the present embodiments. In thefollowing description, FIG. 3 to FIG. 5 will also be referred to.

The touch circuit 200 of the touch display device 100 according to thepresent embodiments illustrated in FIG. 22 includes a touch drivercircuit 2210, a switch circuit 320, and a touch sensing circuit 2220.

During the touch mode, the touch driver circuit 2210 can sequentiallyoutput a touch driving signal TDS that will be applied to each of the Mnumber of common electrode groups GE #1, GE #2, and GE #3 (2≦M≦N) inorder to sequentially drive the M number of common electrode groups inwhich the N number of common electrodes CE 11, CE 12, CE 13, CE 14, CE21, CE 22, CE 23, CE 24, CE 31, CE 32, CE 33, and CE 34 are categorized(N=12, where the common electrodes are arranged in the 3×4 matrix, as inFIG. 3 and FIG. 5).

The switch circuit 320 sequentially connects the touch driver circuit2110 to the M number of common electrode groups GE #1, GE #2, and GE #3according to the driving sequence (GE #1→GE #2→GE #3) of the M number ofcommon electrode groups GE #1, GE #2, and GE #3.

The touch sensing circuit 2220 can receive a touch sensing signal TSSthrough the switch circuit 320, the touch sensing signal correspondingto the common electrode groups to which the touch driving signal TDS isapplied through the switch circuit 320, and sense a touch based on thetouch sensing signal TSS corresponding to each of the common electrodegroups.

The touch driver circuit 2210 can output a pre-setting dummy pulsesignal to at least one common electrode group or all of the M number ofcommon electrode groups GE #1, GE #2, and GE #3 before sequentiallydriving the M number of common electrode groups GE #1, GE #2, and GE #3.

Referring to FIG. 22 together with FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, the touch drivercircuit 2210 further includes the signal providing circuit 310, whichoutputs a touch driving signal TDS that will be applied to the commonelectrode groups connected via the switch circuit 320.

The signal providing circuit 310 may further output a pre-setting dummypulse signal before sequentially outputting the touch driving signalTDS.

In addition, the touch sensing circuit 2220 further includes the touchsensing signal detection circuit 330, the sensing data generator circuit340, the touch sensing circuit 350, and the like. The touch sensingsignal detection circuit 330 detects the touch sensing signal TSS,received from the common electrode groups to which the touch drivingsignal TDS is applied, through the switch circuit. The sensing datagenerator circuit 340 generates sensing data based on the touch sensingsignal TSS detected by each of the common electrode groups. The touchsensing circuit 350 senses a touch based on the sensing data.

The use of the touch circuit 200 can prevent the sensing destabilizingphenomenon due to the display-touch crosstalk and the sensingdestabilizing phenomenon due to the signal delay difference bypreviously outputting a pre-setting dummy pulse signal to thecorresponding common electrode CE before outputting a touch drivingsignal, thereby improving the accuracy of touch sensing.

The signal providing circuit 310 includes the pulse generator 410generating a pulse modulation signal (e.g. a pulse width modulationsignal), the power control circuit 420 providing a touch driving signalTDS generated based on the pulse modulation signal, and the like.

The power control circuit 420 can generate the pre-setting dummy pulsesignal and the touch driving signal TDS having the same phase based onthe phase of the pulse modulation signal.

In addition, the power control circuit 420 can generate a pre-settingdummy pulse signal and a touch driving signal TDS having the sameamplitude or corresponding amplitudes based on the amplitude of thepulse modulation signal.

Furthermore, the power control circuit 420 can convert the level(amplitude) of the pre-setting dummy pulse signal and the level(amplitude) of the touch driving signal TDS, which are primarily formedbased on the pulse modulation signal.

In addition, the signal providing circuit 310 may further include alevel shifter able to convert the level (amplitude) of the pre-settingdummy pulse signal and the level (amplitude) of the touch driving signalTDS output by the power control circuit 420.

The use of the signal providing circuit 310 can generate and provide thetouch driving signal TDS for the purpose of touch driving and thepre-setting dummy pulse signal for the purpose of efficient pre-settingdriving while efficiently controlling the touch driving signal TDS andthe pre-setting dummy pulse signal.

Referring to FIG. 22 together with FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, the touch sensingsignal detection circuit 330 includes one or more AFEs.

Referring to FIG. 22 together with FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, the switch circuit320 includes one or more multiplexers.

In a single time period of the touch mode, the pre-setting dummy pulsesignal may be outputted one time, as in FIG. 18, or may be outputted anumber of times equal to the number of common electrodes electricallyconnected to each of the multiplexers of the switch circuit 320 (M, i.e.the number of the common electrode groups).

As described above, pre-setting driving corresponding to the structureof the switch circuit 320, such as the multiplexers and the AFEs, can beprovided. In addition, it is possible to design the structure of theswitch circuit 320, such as the multiplexers and the AFEs, according tointended pre-setting driving.

The above-described touch circuit 200 can be formed as a single IC. Thatis, a plurality of components or internal components of the touchcircuit 200 may be included as a module in the single IC.

Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 4 or FIG. 5, a plurality ofcomponents or the internal components of the touch circuit 200 may beconnected via signal lines, thereby forming a separate circuit.

Two or more components among the plurality of components of the touchcircuit 200 or the internal components thereof may form a separatesingle circuit or may be embodied as an internal module of anotherdriving chip.

For example, as illustrated in FIG. 4 or FIG. 5, the touch sensingcircuit 350 and the pulse generator 410 may be included as an internalmodule of a micro-control unit (MCU). The power control circuit 420 maybe embodied as a separate power management IC. In addition, the switchcircuit 320, the touch sensing signal detection circuit 330, the sensingdata generator circuit 340, and the like may be included together with adata driver circuit within a driver chip 400, such as a display driverchip or a data driver chip.

As described above, the positions and implementations of the pluralityof components or the internal components of the touch circuit 200 may bevaried in consideration of the functional and operationalcharacteristics thereof. This makes it possible to design the touchcircuit 200 that is structurally and functionally optimized and thetouch display device 100 including the same touch circuit.

FIG. 23 is a block diagram illustrating a touch IC 2300 of the touchdisplay device 100 according to the present embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 23, a description will be given of the touch IC 2300forming a portion or the entire portions of the touch circuit 200.

Referring to FIG. 23, the touch IC 2300 includes a touch driving module2310 and a touch sensing module 2320. During the touch mode, the touchdriving module 2310 sequentially outputs a touch driving signal TDS to Mnumber of common electrode groups (2≦M≦N) into which N number of commonelectrodes disposed on the display panel 110 are categorized. The touchsensing module 2320 senses a touch based on a touch sensing signal TSSreceived from each of the common electrode groups.

The touch driving module 2310 can output pre-setting dummy pulse signalbefore sequentially outputting the touch driving signal TDS to the Mnumber of common electrode groups.

The touch driving module 2310 is a module corresponding to the touchdriver circuit 2210 in FIG. 22, and the touch sensing module 2320 is amodule corresponding to the touch sensing circuit 2220 in FIG. 23.

Since the use of the touch IC 2300 outputs the pre-setting dummy pulsesignal to the corresponding common electrode before outputting the touchdriving signal TDS, it is possible to prevent the sensing destabilizingphenomenon due to the display-touch crosstalk and the sensingdestabilizing phenomenon due to the signal delay difference, therebyimproving the accuracy of touch sensing.

FIG. 24 is a block diagram illustrating a display driver circuit 2400 ofthe touch display device 100 according to the present embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 24, the display driver circuit 2400 of the touchdisplay device 100 according to the present embodiments includes adisplay driving section 2410 and a touch circuit section 2420. Duringthe display mode, the display driving section 2410 outputs a displaymode voltage Vcom to the N number of common electrodes CE disposed onthe display panel 110. During the touch mode, the touch circuit section2420 sequentially outputs a touch driving signal TDS to M number ofcommon electrode groups (2≦M≦N) into which N number of common electrodesare categorized.

The touch circuit section 2420 can output a pre-setting dummy pulsesignal before sequentially outputting the touch driving signal TDS tothe M number of common electrode groups.

The display driving section 2410 and the touch circuit section 2420 canoperate based on relevant signals received from the power controlcircuit 420.

The display driver circuit 2400 further includes a switch circuit 320having at least one multiplexer electrically connected to the displaydriving section 2410 and the touch circuit section 2420.

The use of the display driver circuit 2400 can provide not only thedisplay function in which the N number of common electrodes are drivenas display electrodes, but also the touch sensing function in which theN number of common electrodes are driven as touch electrodes. Inaddition, a pre-setting dummy pulse signal is output to thecorresponding common electrode before the touch driving signal TDS fortouch driving is output to the corresponding common electrode. This canconsequently prevent the sensing destabilizing phenomenon due to thedisplay-touch crosstalk and the sensing destabilizing phenomenon due tothe signal delay difference, thereby improving the accuracy of touchsensing.

FIG. 25 is a block diagram illustrating a display driver circuit 2500 ofthe touch display device 100 according to the present embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 25, the display driver circuit 2500 of the touchdisplay device 100 according to the present embodiments includes a datadriver circuit 2510 and the touch sensing signal detection circuit 330.During the display mode, the data driver circuit 2510 outputs datavoltages to a plurality of data lines disposed on the display panel 110.

During the touch mode, the touch sensing signal detection circuit 330sequentially detects a touch sensing signal TSS from M number of commonelectrode groups (2≦M≦N) into which N number of common electrodesdisposed on the display panel 110 are categorized.

The touch sensing signal detection circuit 330 can extract some pulsesfrom among a plurality of pulses of the touch sensing signal TSS.

Here, the extracted pulses may correspond to the real touch drivingpulses in FIG. 14 among the plurality of pulses of the touch sensingsignal TSS.

The touch sensing signal detection circuit 330 may include the AFEillustrated in FIG. 22. In some cases, the touch sensing signaldetection circuit 330 may further include the sensing data generatorcircuit 340 that can be an ADC.

The use of the display driver circuit 2500 can provide not only the datadriving function, but also the touch sensing function when pre-settingdriving for sensing stabilization is performed before touch driving. Inparticular, among a plurality of pulses of the touch sensing signal TSS,only a pulse generated in relation to real touch driving may beextracted and used in touch sensing by removing the pulses generated bypre-setting pulses and reset pulses. This can consequently prevent thesensing destabilizing phenomenon caused by the sensing display touchcrosstalk and the sensing destabilizing phenomenon caused by the signaldelay difference and also performing accurate touch sensing.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart illustrating a method of driving the touchdisplay device 100 according to the present embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 26, the method of driving the touch display device 100according to the present embodiments includes display driving operationS2610 of applying a display mode voltage to N number of commonelectrodes CE disposed on the display panel 110 in a display mode andtouch driving operation S2630 of sequentially applying a touch drivingsignal TDS to N number of common electrodes in touch mode.

Referring to FIG. 26, the method of driving the touch display device 100according to the present embodiments further includes pre-settingoperation S2620 of applying a pre-setting dummy pulse signal to at leastone common electrode among the N number of common electrodes CE beforethe touch driving operation S2630 of sequentially applying the touchdriving signal TDS to the N number of common electrodes.

According to the driving method, the pre-setting dummy pulse signal isapplied to at least one common electrode group among M number of commonelectrode groups (the N number of common electrodes when M=N) beforesequentially driving the M number of common electrode groups. When touchdriving is performed in earnest, a voltage state required for touchdriving and touch sensing may rapidly occur in the common electrode(s)CE to which the pre-setting dummy pulse signal is applied.

That is, as the pre-setting dummy pulse signal is pre-applied to thecommon electrode CE before the touch driving signal TDS is applied, thedisplay touch crosstalk can be removed or reduced, and the signal delaydifference can also be removed or reduced, thereby stabilizing sensing.

In addition, after the touch driving operation S2630, post-settingoperation S2640 of applying a post-setting signal to the N number ofcommon electrodes before a display mode voltage is applied may beperformed.

When the post-setting operation S2640 is further performed, a displaydriving preparatory state is preemptively formed by previously applyingthe post-setting signal before display driving is performed immediatelyafter touch driving is ended, thereby preventing the touch-displaycrosstalk, i.e. the influence of touch driving and load-free drivingperformed in the touch mode remaining in the display mode. This canconsequently result in display stabilization and improve image qualityin the display mode.

According to the present embodiments as set forth above, it is possibleto provide the touch circuit 200 or 2300, the display driver circuit2400 or 2500, the touch display device 100, and the method of drivingthe same to be able to improve the accuracy of touch sensing bystabilizing touch sensing when display driving is ended and touchdriving begins to be performed.

According to the present embodiments, it is possible to provide thetouch circuit 200 or 2300, the display driver circuit 2400 or 2500, thetouch display device 100, and the method of driving the same to be ableto minimize or remove the influence between the display mode and thetouch mode when the display mode and the touch mode are time-divided,such that the display function and the touch sensing function can beproperly performed.

According to the present embodiments, it is possible to provide thetouch circuit 200 or 2300, the display driver circuit 2400 or 2500, thetouch display device 100, and the method of driving the same to be ableto accurately perform touch driving and touch sensing without theinfluence of ended display driving when display driving is ended andtouch driving begins to be performed, thereby providing an accuratetouch sensing result.

According to the present embodiments, it is possible to provide thetouch circuit 200 or 2300, the display driver circuit 2400 or 2500, thetouch display device 100, and the method of driving the same to be ableto accurately perform display driving without the influence of touchdriving when touch driving is ended and display driving begins to beperformed, thereby improving image quality.

According to the present embodiments, it is possible to provide thetouch circuit 200 or 2300, the display driver circuit 2400 or 2500, thetouch display device 100, and the method of driving the same to be ableto accurately perform touch driving and load free driving as well asresultant touch sensing without the influence of display driving whendisplay driving is ended and both touch driving and load free drivingfor removing parasitic capacitance begin to be performed.

The foregoing descriptions and the accompanying drawings have beenpresented in order to explain the certain principles of the presentdisclosure. A person skilled in the art to which the present disclosurerelates can make many modifications and variations by combining,dividing, substituting for, or changing the elements without departingfrom the principle of the present disclosure. The foregoing embodimentsdisclosed herein shall be interpreted as illustrative only but not aslimitative of the principle and scope of the present disclosure. Itshould be understood that the scope of the present disclosure shall bedefined by the appended Claims and all of their equivalents fall withinthe scope of the present disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A touch sensitive display device comprising: adisplay panel including a plurality of electrodes; and circuitry todrive the electrodes during at least a display mode and a touch mode,wherein: during the display mode, the circuitry provides a commonvoltage to the electrodes; during the touch mode, the circuitry providesa touch driving signal to at least one first electrode of theelectrodes; and during a pre-setting period after the common voltage isprovided to the electrodes and before the touch driving signal isprovided to the at least one first electrode, the circuitry provides apre-setting dummy pulse signal to the at least one first electrode, andthe circuitry disregards touch sensing data generated responsive to thepre-setting dummy pulse signal, wherein the pre-setting dummy pulsesignal has a same phase as the touch driving signal.
 2. The touchsensitive display device of claim 1, further comprising: a timingcontroller to generate a synchronization signal having a first stateduring the touch mode and a second state during the display mode.
 3. Thetouch sensitive display device of claim 2, wherein the pre-settingperiod is during the touch mode when the synchronization signal is inthe first state.
 4. The touch sensitive display device of claim 2,wherein the pre-setting period is during the display mode when thesynchronization signal is in the second state.
 5. The touch sensitivedisplay device of claim 1, wherein during the touch mode: the circuitryprovides the touch driving signal to at least one second electrode ofthe electrodes after providing the touch driving signal to the at leastone first electrode, and the circuitry does not provide the pre-settingdummy pulse signal to the at least one second electrode.
 6. The touchsensitive display device of claim 1, wherein during the touch mode, thecircuitry: provides the pre-setting dummy pulse signal to at least onesecond electrode of the electrodes after providing the touch drivingsignal to the at least one first electrode, and provides the touchdriving signal to the at least one second electrode after providing thepre-setting dummy pulse signal to the at least one second electrode. 7.The touch sensitive display device of claim 1, wherein the display panelcomprises: a plurality of data lines; and a plurality of gate lines,wherein the circuitry provides a pre-setting load free driving (LFD)signal to at least one of the gate lines or data lines while thepre-setting dummy pulse signal is provided to the at least one firstelectrode, and wherein the pre-setting LFD signal has a same phase asthe pre-setting dummy pulse signal.
 8. The touch sensitive displaydevice of claim 1, wherein during another display mode following thetouch mode, the circuitry again provides the common voltage to theelectrodes, and during a post-setting period after the circuitryprovides the touch driving signal to the at least one electrode andbefore the circuitry again provides the common voltage to theelectrodes, the circuitry provides a post-setting signal to theelectrodes that is same as the common voltage.
 9. The touch sensitivedisplay device of claim 1, wherein the pre-setting dummy pulse signalhas a same amplitude as the touch driving signal.
 10. The touchsensitive display device of claim 1, wherein the pre-setting dummy pulsesignal has a greater amplitude than the touch driving signal.
 11. Thetouch sensitive display device of claim 1, wherein the touch drivingsignal comprises one or more reset pulses and one or more real touchdriving pulses after the one or more reset pulses, and wherein thecircuitry does not sense touch from touch sensing data generatedresponsive to the reset pulses and senses touch from touch sensing datagenerated responsive to the one or more real touch driving pulses.
 12. Adriver circuit for a touch sensitive display panel that includes aplurality of electrodes, the driver circuit comprising: circuitry todrive the electrodes during at least a display mode and a touch mode,the circuitry to: during the display mode, provide a common voltage tothe electrodes; during the touch mode, provide a touch driving signal toat least one first electrode of the electrodes; and during a pre-settingperiod after the common voltage is provided to the electrodes and beforethe touch driving signal is provided to the at least one firstelectrode, provide a pre-setting dummy pulse signal to the at least onefirst electrode, wherein touch sensing data generated responsive to thepre-setting dummy pulse signal is disregarded, and wherein thepre-setting dummy pulse signal has a same phase as the touch drivingsignal.
 13. The driver circuit of claim 3, wherein the circuitryreceives a synchronization signal having a first state during the touchmode and a second state during the display mode.
 14. The driver circuitof claim 13, wherein the pre-setting period is during the touch sensingmode when the synchronization signal is in the first state.
 15. Thedriver circuit of claim 13, wherein the pre-setting period is during thedisplay mode when the synchronization signal is in the second state. 16.The driver circuit of claim 12, wherein during the touch sensing mode:the circuitry provides the touch driving signal to at least one secondelectrode of the electrodes after providing the touch driving signal tothe at least one first electrode, and the circuitry does not provide thepre-setting dummy pulse signal to the at least one second electrode. 17.The driver circuit of claim 12, wherein during the touch sensing mode,the circuitry: provides the pre-setting dummy pulse signal to at leastone second electrode of the electrodes after providing the touch drivingsignal to the at least one first electrode, and provides the touchdriving signal to the at least one second electrode after providing thepre-setting dummy pulse signal to the at least one second electrode. 18.The driver circuit of claim 12, wherein the circuitry provides apre-setting load free driving (LFD) signal to at least one of gate linesor data lines of the display panel while the pre-setting dummy pulsesignal is provided to the at least one first electrode, and wherein thepre-setting LFD signal has a same phase as the pre-setting dummy pulsesignal.
 19. The driver circuit of claim 12, wherein during anotherdisplay mode following the touch sensing mode, the circuitry againprovides the common voltage to the electrodes, and during a post-settingperiod after the circuitry provides the touch driving signal to the atleast one electrode and before the circuitry again provides the commonvoltage to the electrodes, the circuitry provides a post-setting signalto the electrodes that is same as the common voltage.
 20. The drivercircuit of claim 12, wherein the pre-setting dummy pulse signal has asame amplitude as the touch driving signal.
 21. The driver circuit ofclaim 12, wherein the pre-setting dummy pulse signal has a greateramplitude than the touch driving signal.
 22. The driver circuit of claim12, wherein the touch driving signal comprises one or more reset pulsesand one or more real touch driving pulses after the one or more resetpulses, and wherein touch is not sensed from touch sensing datagenerated responsive to the reset pulses, touch is sensed from touchsensing data generated responsive to the one or more real touch drivingpulses.
 23. A method for operating a touch sensitive display device thatcomprises a display panel including a plurality of electrodes, themethod comprising: during a display mode, providing a common voltage tothe electrodes; during a touch sensing mode, providing a touch drivingsignal to at least one first electrode of the electrodes; and during apre-setting period after the common voltage is provided to theelectrodes and before the touch driving signal is provided to the atleast one first electrode, providing a pre-setting dummy pulse signal tothe at least one first electrode, and disregarding touch sensing datagenerated responsive to the pre-setting dummy pulse signal, wherein thepre-setting dummy pulse signal has a same phase as the touch drivingsignal.
 24. The method of claim 23, further comprising, during the touchmode: providing the touch driving signal to at least one secondelectrode of the electrodes after providing the touch driving signal tothe at least one first electrode, and wherein the pre-setting dummypulse signal is not provided to the at least one second electrode duringthe touch mode.
 25. The method of claim 1, further comprising, duringthe touch mode: providing the pre-setting dummy pulse signal to at leastone second electrode of the electrodes after providing the touch drivingsignal to the at least one first electrode, and providing the touchdriving signal to the at least one second electrode after providing thepre-setting dummy pulse signal to the at least one second electrode. 26.The method of claim 23, further comprising: providing a pre-setting loadfree driving (LFD) signal to at least one of the gate lines or datalines while the pre-setting dummy pulse signal is provided to the atleast one first electrode, and wherein the pre-setting LFD signal has asame phase as the pre-setting dummy pulse signal.
 27. The method ofclaim 23, further comprising: during another display mode following thetouch mode, again providing the common voltage to the electrodes, andduring a post-setting period after the touch driving signal is providedto the at least one electrode and before the common voltage is againprovided to the electrodes, providing a post-setting signal to theelectrodes that is same as the common voltage.
 28. The method of claim23, wherein the touch driving signal comprises one or more reset pulsesand one or more real touch driving pulses after the one or more resetpulses, and the method further comprises: not sensing touch from touchsensing data generated responsive to the reset pulses, and sensing touchfrom touch sensing data generated responsive to the one or more realtouch driving pulses.